Bouttier E, Arrivé L, Monnier-Cholley L, Tubiana J M
Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
J Radiol. 1996 Feb;77(2):137-9.
The pulmonary hernia is a rare entity defined by protrusion of pulmonary tissue through an abnormal weakness of the thoracic wall. We describe a case of spontaneous pulmonary hernia associated with osseous sternocostal abnormalities in a patient with a Recklinghausen disease.